Muhaarar won his second consecutive Group 1 in Saturday’s $768,000 July Cup at Newmarket, becoming the first 3-year-old in four years to win the race, one of England’s most prestigious sprints.
Full Mast and Territories, separated by a half-length in the Group 1 Jean-Luc Lagardere last October, renew their rivalry Sunday in the Group 1 Prix Jean Prat at Chantilly in France.
Amazing Maria continued her ascent through the European filly-and-mare ranks Friday at Newmarket, scoring her first Group 1 victory with a one-length win over Euro Charline in the Falmouth Stakes.
On June 20, Brazen Beau was second in the Group 1 Diamond Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot, finishing a half-length behind the American-based winner Undrafted. Saturday at Newmarket, Brazen Beau is likely to be favored in the $768,000 July Cup at six furlongs.
2015 remaining major international races.
The rapidly improving Mahsoob, a 4-year-old colt trained by John Gosden, will have his group stakes debut in Thursday’s $154,280 Princess of Wales’s Stakes at 1 1/2 miles on turf at Newmarket, England, the feature race on the first day of the track’s three-day July meeting.
Nutan, one of five entrants trained by Peter Schiergen, won the biggest race of his career in Sunday’s $721,500 German Derby at Hamburg Racecourse.
Golden Horn kept his perfect record intact and beat older horses in his first try, shrugging off a stern challenge from The Grey Gatsby to win the Group 1 Coral-Eclipse Stakes on Saturday at Sandown Park in England.
Shimrano, a Group 2 winner in Cologne, Germany, last month, is the probable favorite in Sunday’s $721,500 German Derby at Hamburg Racecourse
Lovely Day won his first Grade 1 race and his fourth stakes in Sunday’s $2,347,348 Takarazuka Kinen at Hanshin Racecourse in Japan, earning a fees-paid berth for the Breeders’ Cup Turf at Keeneland on Oct. 31.
